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Recent advances in visible light-driven water oxidation and reduction in suspension systems

Kong, D; Zheng, Y; Kobielusz, M; Wang, Y; Bai, Z; Macyk, W; Wang, X; (2018) Recent advances in visible light-driven water oxidation and reduction in suspension systems. Materials Today , 21 (8) pp. 897-924. 10.1016/j.mattod.2018.04.009. Green open access

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Abstract

In order to solve the shortage of sustainable energy and the related concern about combustion of fossil fuels, converting the most abundant solar energy into chemical fuels becomes one of the most promising choices to provide the everlasting and environmentally friendly energy vector along with the minimum impact to environment. Among the methods of converting solar energy into chemical fuels, there is a significant interest in the renewable hydrogen production by photocatalysts from abundant water under visible light irradiation. Therefore, the development of efficient photocatalysts for water reduction and oxidation in a suspension system is the footstone for the technology development of solar energy conversion. In this review, the fundamental theory of photocatalysis and key factors affecting photocatalysis will be introduced first. Then the new materials development covering inorganic materials (oxides, nitrides and sulfides), carbon-based photocatalysts, and semiconductor-coordination compound photocatalysts developed over past 10 years will be addressed with discussion about dominating factors in the photochemical process. This review would provide a comprehensive reference of exploring the more efficient and novel materials working for the solar energy conversion to affordable and sustainable fuels. Finally, the perspective of the technology is also discussed.

Type: Article
Title: Recent advances in visible light-driven water oxidation and reduction in suspension systems
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2018.04.009
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2018.04.009
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2018.04.009This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Keywords: Visible light driven, Water redox, Suspension system, Inorganic photocatalysts, Carbon based photocatalysts, Semiconductor-coordination compound systems
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10052685
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